Israeli Guards Shoot Palestinian Woman For ‘Clutching Her Handbag’

The woman was walking on the vehicle-only lane “all the time clutching her handbag in a way that made them suspicious.”

It is completely baffling how Israeli security forces feel free to use firearms on innocent Palestinians and then make up ridiculous excuses for doing so.

Security forces at the Qalandia checkpoint in the West Bank near Jerusalem, shot and wounded a young Palestinian woman, according to local news outlets, because they suspected she was going to stab the Israeli guards.

The woman, who is believed to be in her 20s, allegedly walked towars the checkpost using the vehicle-only lane “all the time clutching her handbag in a way that made them suspicious,” police spokeswoman Luba Samri wrote in a statement.

The young woman was shot after failing to listen to a soldier’s demand to stop and according to the police spokeswoman, the “correct” procedures were followed to “neutralize the threat.”

The woman was shot in the leg and was taken to a hospital for medical treatment by an Israeli ambulance. The police later confirmed the young woman did not have a knife, or any other weapon, in her possession.

Following the incident, the army deployed dozens of soldiers in the area to stop Palestinians from crossing.